Anantarika-karma

Anantarika-karma, (
Sanskrit: “the deed bringing immediate retribution”) , Pali anantarika-kamma, in the Theravada (“Way of the Elders”) tradition of Buddhism, a heinous sin that causes the agent to be reborn in hell immediately after death. There are five sins of this kind: killing one’s mother, killing one’s father, killing an arhat (saint), injuring the body of a buddha, and causing a division in the Buddhist community.